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Microsoft opens up its vast patent portfolio to the Linux community
Microsoft Corp.’s latest gesture to the open-source community could prove to be one of its most significant so far. The company today announced that it’s joining the Open Invention Network, an industry consortium dedicated to shielding its more than 2,600 member firms from patent litigation. The move will see Microsoft make its portfolio of 60,000-plus ...
Report: Apple has secretly acquired AI-based visual effects startup Spektral for $30M
A new report claims that Apple Inc. last year quietly acquired a Copenhagen-based machine learning startup called Spektral for $30 million. The story appeared today in Danish business journal Børsen and was picked up by Fortune. It’s seemingly given credence by the fact that Spektral co-founder Toke Jansen, whose research at the Technical University of ...
In another cybersecurity buy, Thoma Bravo to take Imperva private in $2.1B buyout
Imperva Inc., a major provider of cybersecurity software that has in recent years worked to transition to a cloud-based business model, is going private. The company today announced that it agreed to be taken off the stock exchange by private equity firm Thoma Bravo LLC in an acquisition worth $2.1 billion. The sum works out ...
Google unveils AI-infused Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, Pixel Slate tablet and more
Google LLC today officially pulled back the curtains on the hotly anticipated Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL smartphones, along with a new premium tablet and a voice-activated smart display distinguished from rivals by its lack of a camera. The products debuted at the company’s Made by Google Event event today in New York. The launch ...
Founders of Slack, Yelp join $30M round into web development startup Netlify
Netlify Inc., a startup working to change how websites are built, today announced that it has reeled in a $30 million investment from an all-star lineup of investors. Venture capital stalwart Kleiner Perkins led the round with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Slack Technologies co-founder Stewart Butterfield, Yelp Inc. co-founder Jeremy Stoppelman and a number of ...
Liferay takes its ‘digital experience platform’ to the cloud
The content management system market can be roughly divided into two segments. The first includes mass-market platforms such as WordPress, while the other consists of enterprise solutions for large organizations. One of the biggest players in this latter market is Liferay Inc., whose software powers thousands of services ranging from VMware Inc.’s customer portal to ...
LinkedIn to acquire workforce analytics startup Glint for $400M+
LinkedIn is marking its first acquisition since becoming part of Microsoft Corp. in 2016. The business social network today announced plans to purchase Glint Inc., a Redwood City, California-based startup focused on providing enterprises with insight into employee sentiment. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Glint raised nearly $80 million from funding prior ...
Joining Google, Microsoft unveils its own cloud-based game streaming service
Microsoft Corp. today previewed Project xCloud, an upcoming service intended to make video games that currently require a personal computer or a gaming console playable on mobile devices. The announcement comes a week after Google LLC revealed plans to launch a game streaming service of its own. If they live up to their promise, the offerings could give the tech giants a valuable ...
Facebook launches Portal, an Alexa-powered video calling device with AI features
Following more than a year of rumors that Facebook Inc. could enter the smart home market, the company today officially debuted Portal, a voice-controlled video calling device powered by Amazon.com Inc.’s Alexa assistant. The system’s specifications are more or less in line with the details that were leaked ahead of the launch. It comes in two models, ...
Salesforce picks up interactive email startup Rebel
Rebelmail Inc., a venture-backed marketing technology startup that does business as Rebel, today announced that it has been acquired five years after launching. The company on the other end of the transaction is Salesforce.com Inc., which will use the startup’s software to bolster its Marketing Cloud. Rebel has developed a set of services that enable ...